Hi, all! Just a thought.

A couple of years ago, my wife and I spent several days exploring a big loop of the western United States as we drove from Arizona up into Utah, across through Colorado, and down into New Mexico before heading back into Arizona. Of course, a portion of our time was spent at one particularly extremely popular American tourist destination — The Big Ditch.

Now, you probably know the place by its more formal name — The Grand Canyon. But don’t those words mean the same things?

It is indeed a very large hole in the ground. Some tourists are actually disappointed by that very fact, and if you choose, you can read negative reviews online from folks who thought their visits to the Grand Canyon were wasted time, because all they saw was a “big ditch.” And indeed it is. But it is also a natural wonder. This is but one picture of the very many I captured.

We arrived not at sunrise, but early enough one morning to explore while only two or three other people were anywhere around. The views were breathtaking, to say the very least.  The colors of the canyon walls, the sands, and the sky were absolutely amazing. And even though we stayed quite a while and only left because we needed to get back on the road, we realized we had seen so very little of the magnificent wonder that is the Grand Canyon. Stretching for miles in either direction, it really is quite difficult to take in completely. But it is oh so beautiful.

I’m always amazed at the wonders of this world that our God has created and put on display for us. His artistry is other-worldly and very difficult to explain. His creation is beyond description and stretches as far as the east is from the west, which, by the way, is the same distance He is willing to forgive and forget your wrongdoings.

I can explore until the cows come home, or at least as long as I have the physical ability to do so, and I will have only scratched the surface of this world’s beauty. The same is true of the Savior. I can look and love and worship and admire and experience all I possibly can of His goodness, and I will have only just begun to take in all that He has to offer.

So, what do I do with that? I, with wide-open eyes, will stand amazed in His presence each day I’m given, and I will love and worship Him all the days of my life. Then, when my final earthly breath comes, I will have only just begun to experience the eternal Wonder of His Glorious Creation. I’m so thankful that as I look upon His Goodness, I truly feel an awesome sense of “Wow! Look at that big ditch!” What power and majesty it must have taken to carve such a wonder! Disappointed I am not. For even though I see very little now, I have much more of Him to experience! What about you?

Just a thought. ’Til later.

Brad Campbell can be reached at mastah.pastah@yahoo.com.